horny

Example Sentences

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In addition to the unusually thick bones of the neck, they found a hand-size bony disk with a horny “helmet” on the top of its head.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 1, 2022

Dr. Turner suggests the meshlike structures closely resemble the fiber networks of modern keratose sponges, also known as horny sponges, found around the world today.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Which raises a question scientists are now trying to answer: What happened to the horny toads?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2021

Indeed, the university rescinded admission offers for at least 10 prospective students in 2017 over offensive comments they had made in a private Facebook group called “Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens”.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2019

Barely ten inches high, its horny little feet pattered very fast as it sprinted across the yard and dived headlong into one of the Wellington boots that lay scattered around the door.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling